SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A NON-WHITE LIGHT GENERAL ILLUMINATOR

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EP 4 282 370 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.02.2024 Bulletin 2024/08

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	29.11.2023 Bulletin 2023/48

(21)	Application number: 23202839.9

(22)	Date of filing: 17.03.2015

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 90/00^(2016.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	A61B 1/00193; A61B 1/0638; A61B 90/30; A61B 2090/371; A61B 34/30; A61B 1/000095; A61B 1/0655; Y02B 20/40

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

17.03.2014 US 201461954512 P

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	15764595.3 / 3119321

(71)	Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
	Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DICARLO, Jeffrey Austin (US) ZHAO, Tao Sunnyvale (US) BLUMENKRANZ, Stephen J. Los Altos Hills (US) HOFFMAN, Brian D. Mountain View (US) RICHMOND, Geoff San Jose (US)

(74)	Representative: MacDougall, Alan John Shaw et al
	Mathys & Squire The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG London SE1 9SG (GB)

(54)	SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A NON-WHITE LIGHT GENERAL ILLUMINATOR

(57) Non-white light from an endoscope (201) of a teleoperated surgical system (200) is used to illuminate a surgical site (203). A camera (220L) captures an image of the surgical site, and the image is displayed on a monitor (251). The non-white light illumination minimizes noise in the images of the surgical site presented on the monitor relative to images captured using white light illumination and displayed on the monitor.

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